Dr. Willemijn van Kooten

Project AdministrationTeaching & Research Assistant +43 512 2070 - 4322 willemijn.vankooten@mci.edu

Professional work experience

10/2022 - present
Teaching & Research Assistant - MCI - The Entrepreneurial School
10/2018 - 07/2022
Research Associate - University of Potsdam
10/2015 - 03/2016
Student Assistant - University of Innsbruck
Datenbankerstellung und -pflege

Education

10/2018 - 11/2023
Dr. rer. nat. - University of Potsdam
Geology
10/2016 - 11/2018
MSc - University of Innsbruck
Earth Science
10/2013 - 11/2016
BSc - University of Hamburg | University of Innsbruck
Earth Science

Teaching (faculty internships etc.)

10/2024 - present
MCI - The Entrepreneurial School
LaTeX - Basics
03/2024 - present
MCI - The Entrepreneurial School
Empirical Social Research
02/2024 - present
MCI - The Entrepreneurial School
Bachelor Thesis with accompanying Seminar
11/2023 - present
MCI - The Entrepreneurial School
Research Methods
10/2023 - present
MCI - The Entrepreneurial School
Current Technologies
10/2023 - present
MCI - The Entrepreneurial School
Digital Research Project
10/2016 - 08/2018
University of Innsbruck
Teaching Assistant for Bachelor’s courses in Earth Science

Further education & Training

2024 - 2024
Esri
Esri Training MOOC | Spatial Data Science: The New Frontier in Analytics
2023 - 2023
FHK
Hochschuldidaktik I
2023 - 2023
FHK
ChatGPT in der Lehre
2020 - 2021
Potsdam Graduate School
Junior Teaching Professionals Program

Positions in professional/academic societies

01/2022 - present
Member - EGU European Geosciences Union

Peer reviewed journal article

Längle, S. T., Schlögl, S., Ecker, A., van Kooten, W. S. M. T., & Spieß, T. (2024). Nonbinary Voices for Digital Assistants—An Investigation of User Perceptions and Gender Stereotypes. Robotics, 13(8). https://doi.org/10.3390/robotics13080111
van Kooten, W. S. M. T., Vallati, M., Sobel, E. R., del Papa, C. E., Payrola, P., Starck, D., Bande, A., Wayar Córdoba, M. F., Lapiana, A. T., & Glodny, J. (2024). Structural Inheritance in the Eastern Cordillera, NW Argentina: Low-Temperature Thermochronology of the Cianzo Basin. Tectonics, 43(6), e2023TC007949. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023TC007949
van Kooten, W. S. M. T., Ortner, H., Willingshofer, E., Sokoutis, D., Gruber, A., & Sausgruber, T. (2024). Fold localization at pre-existing normal faults: Field observations and analogue modelling of the Achental structure, Northern Calcareous Alps, Austria. Solid Earth, 15(1), 91–120. https://doi.org/10.5194/se-15-91-2024
Oberascher, L., Ploder, C., Spiess, J., Bernsteiner, R., & Van Kooten, W. (2023). Data Storytelling to Communicate Big Data Internally – a Guide for Practical Usage. European Journal of Management Issues, 31(1), 27–40. https://doi.org/10.15421/192303
Van Kooten, W. S. M. T., Del Papa, C. E., Starck, D., Sobel, E. R., Cavalleri, P., Agüera, M., Van Schijndel, V., & Glodny, J. (2022). Evidence of Jurassic extension in NW Argentina: Characterization of fault-related strata at the Salta Group base using sandstone provenance and zircon U–Pb geochronology. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 104048.
Van Kooten, W. S. M. T., Sobel, E. R., Del Papa, C. E., Payrola, P., & Glodny, J. (2022). Constraining Andean propagation of exhumation at the limit of the Eastern Cordillera, NW Argentina, using low-temperature thermochronology in a structural context. Tectonics, 41, e2022TC007342.

Peer reviewed academic/professional meeting proceedings

Spreitzer, L., Spiess, T., Schlögl, S., van Kooten, W. S. M. T., & Pavlič, L. (2025). Between Textbooks and Joysticks: Investigating the Potential of Video Games in Self-Directed Learning. In L. Uden & D. Liberona (Eds.), Learning Technology for Education Challenges (pp. 226–238). Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-98003-9_18